GO-SHIP brings together scientists with interests in physical oceanography, the
carbon cycle, marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems, and other users and
collectors of hydrographic data to develop a globally coordinated network of
sustained hydrographic sections as part of the global ocean/climate observing
system.

NEWS

The reviewed meeting minutes of the last Executive Group meeting (9 April) are now available here.

11 June 2015

US on second leg for P16N

With a few days of delay, RV Ron Brown is now on the second leg of P16N. The sea is as calm as can be on what is called the "North Pacific strom track"

29 May 2015

Canada and Norway occupy lines

Canada has established a GO-SHIP cruise in the Davis Strait, and Norway on AR7. A UK cruise is underway.

30 April 2015

GO-SHIP at JCOMM meetings

GO-SHIP co-chairs and coordinator contributed to the JCOMM Ship Observations Team (SOT) and Observations Coordination Group (OCG) meetings in Cape Town, South Africa.

9 April 2015

Executive Group Meeting

The GO-SHIP Executive Group held a video conference today, meeting minutes will be available shortly in the documents section.

18 March 2015

JCOMMOPS inaugurates new office

The new JCOMMOPS office, which also hosts the GO-SHIP coordinator, opended its doors today on the campus of Ifremer in Brest, France.

20 February 2015

German icebreaker Polarstern cancels part of GO-SHIP cruise

RV Polarstern sucessfully measured the A12 line, but could not complete the cruise in the Weddel Sea after technical issues with the ship.

31 January 2015

UK occupies Drake Passage / SR1

The UK has occupied the GO-SHIP line in the Drake Passage this month, a few weeks later than planned and with reduced parameters.

4 December 2014

Conference Announcement

"Sustained ocean observing for the next decade". A combined GO-SHIP/Argo/IOCCP conference on physical and biogeochemical measurements of the water column. 14-18 September 2015, Galway, Ireland. More information on the event website.

8 November 2014

GO-SHIP Executive Group: reviewed meeting minutes available

The reviewed meeting minutes of the last Executive Group meeting (23 September) are now available here.

1 November 2014

Australian P15S cruise confirmed for 2015

Australia has just confirmed that the new RV Investigator will occupy P15S in 2015, the cruise status has progressed to 'funded'.

5 October 2014

French cruise looking for partners

A French cruise will occupy in July/August 2015 with RV Atalante a part of the P13 line (from 10S to 2N, along 165, every 1/3 degree) but would need support from another cruise and group to gain GO-SHIP status. Contact the GO-SHIP coordinator for more details.

The reviewed version of the GO-SHIP 4 meeting minutes (2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Hawaii) is now available here.

15 August 2014

New US CLIVAR/OCB publication

The new joint US CLIVAR/OCB publication "The US Repeat Hydrography CO2/Tracer Program (GO-SHIP): Accomplishments from the first decadal survey" is now available here.

23 July 2014

Cruise update

The US fund a national US-GO-SHIP proposal and will occupy with NOAA and UNOLS vessels P16, Arctic Geotraces (ARC01), P18, I08S, I09N, I01E, P06, I05, A13.5, I06S and S4P between 2015 and 2020.

Canada and the UK occupied AR07 last month.

15 June 2014

P16S completed

P16 S was completed by the US last month: 90 stations in 46 days on Nathaniel B. Palmer between Hobart and Papeete.

5 June 2014

Cruise update

Japan confirmed a reoccupation of I10 in the summer of 2015 with RV Mirai.

15 May 2014

GO-SHIP Executive Group video conference

A GO-SHIP Executive Group and Committee video conference took place on 15 May, the reviewed minutes are available here.

12 April 2014

GO-SHIP and IIOE-2

The final version of the GO-SHIP position paper on the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE)-2 is now available here.

23 February 2014

GO-SHIP Committee and Executive Group Meeting

The GO-SHIP Committee and Executive Group met in Honolulu before the opening of the 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting to take important decisions for the future of the program.
In particular the design of the network, core parameters and coordination of contributions and capacities by country have been discussed.
More information are available on the meeting website.

16 February 2014

Town Hall during Ocean Sciences Meeting

We would like to invite all interested colleagues to a GO-SHIP / IOCCP Town Hall meeting during the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu on Wednesday 26 February 2014 at 12:45 in room 313B: Invitation (pdf).

21 January 2014

New Status Maps

New status maps in different formats and projections will soon be available. First draft maps are already on the Reference Sections page.

GO-SHIP Coordinator Martin Kramp reported at JCOMM's 29th DBCP session at IOC HQ in Paris on the potential to deepen the cooperation between the programs.

7 September 2013

GO-SHIP at OOPC-16 and OCG-5

Committee member Lynne Talley represented GO-SHIP this week at the JCOMM meetings OOPC-16 and OCG-5 in Silver Springs (USA) on behalf of the chairs

19 August 2013

GO-SHIP meeting 2014

GO-SHIP committee and community meetings are planned in February 2014 in Hawaii, prior to the Ocean Sciences meeting. Further information will be provided here as soon as possible.

30 July 2013

Co-Chair and Coordinator meeting

Bernadette Sloyan, Martin Kramp (on the left) and Mathieu Belbeoch met at JCOMMOPS HQ in Toulouse (France). Metadata on upcoming cruises and a GO-SHIP bibliography were main topics. Corresponding changes were realized in the structure of the website.

18 June 2013

New Email List

A new Email list has been set up. If you were subscribed to the old list and your mail address
recently changed, please subscribe again.

23 May 2013

GO-SHIP welcomes new Committee Members

GO-SHIP welcomes Isabelle Ansorge and Mauricio Mata in the Committee. The GO-SHIP Committee members are now: